RushDawg

It’s fantastic IF you dont mind digital games or game key cards. For people who prefer physical games, the Switch 2 has had terrible third party support.

If you prefer your games digitally or don’t mind game key cards then the Switch 2 has a fantastic third party lineup.

If you prefer your games physically, then the Switch 2 has a very disappointing third party lineup.

All games are small enough to fit on a 64GB cart

I bet this gets a proper Switch 2 physical cartridge release. At this point, I am more confident that smaller titles will get Switch 2 physicals instead of titles from AAA publishers like Capcom, SEGA, Square Enix, etc.

For $100, this should have just been a standalone mini console

This DLC was pretty clearly worked on alongside the main game. This should have been free post game content, not paid DLC.

@Quarth @JohnnyMind

That's a fanatic list of the Switch's best shmups; big props for including the far too often overlooked GG Aleste 3!

The only ones I'd add to the list are:

-Cotton Fantasy
-G Darius HD
-Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

Great story! With that said, you absolutely can multi target magic in FFIV too!

Any word on a physical version?

@tektite_captain Seriously! The amount of press they're doing for this game before a release date has been revealed is just ridiculous. Assuming it doesn't get delayed, then it's coming sometime in the next 4 months. Just tell us when already!

@The_Blue_Mage

I expect there to be a Splatoon 4 in the launch year. Splatoon 3 will be 3 years old at that point and they'll want to get as many Splatoon players as possible to upgrade to the new system.

There was a longer wait between Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3, but I believe that this gap was partially due to the pandemic delaying the development of Splatoon 3.

@rjejr

There was only 1 year between Splatoon 1 & Splatoon 2 and it'll probably be around 3 years of Splatoon 3 (fitting) when Splatoon 4 likely launches in year 1 of Switch 2.

Seems fair to me, especially considering games like CoD get a new version ever year.

@SillyG

There will almost certainly be more software updates. Splatoon 3 gets updated every few months with a new season, complete with new weapons, stages, etc. It's also frequently updated for balance, as it's an online shooter.

Hopefully the Japanese version gets a patch with English menus for those who already bought this

If Bayonetta and Snake can make it in their game, then why not Scorpion? Obviously no fatalities, but the rest of his move set could carry over with minor alterations.

@Tarolusa

You say this year’s lineup is “incredibly barren” but we’ve already gotten a Zelda, Fire Emblem, Bayonetta, Advance Wars, Kirby and Metroid game in the first 5 months of the year (and a major Xenoblade DLC). That’s about as packed as a 5 month period can be.

Why is there a Sonic Mania video on this article about Sonic Origins?

@Snatcher

Based on the trailers, it looks like Luigi is captured and Mario needs Peach’s help to rescue him. It makes sense, because Mario is an outsider, while Peach is from the Mushroom Kingdom.

@Xeacons

Based on the trailers, it looks like Peach has to save her kingdom and Mario has to save Luigi, so they’re teaming up.

@bonjong23

In the context of the film, Luigi is captured (and is essentially the “damsel”) and Mario needs help rescuing him. Peach needs to defend her kingdom from Bowser, so their goals align.

@EarthboundBenjy

If you just want the physical game, you should buy from Play Asia or VideoGamesPlus and save some money

Kinda funny that this e3 dis is coming from Reggie, considering it was an e3 presentation that first made Reggie popular with Nintendo fans.

@Handy_Man

3DS definitely. Wii U, not as much since most of its best games have been ported. The few remaining exclusives will shoot up in price, but I imagine that anything with a Switch port will stay pretty affordable.

@ketrac

It’s more likely to be a 92-minute Switch / video game commercial

@ActionPanther

To oversimplify things, the RE2 and RE4 remakes were made by the A-team, the RE3 remake was made by the B-team. I'm fairly optimistic RE4 will turn out great.

Ah yes, the old “buy the version you don’t want and maaaaaaybe we’ll make the version you do want.” A game industry classic!

Wait, what was wrong with Chie in Persona 4? I had her in my party the whole game and she never felt useless.

@SwitchVogel

SEGA/Atlus games drop in price just as fast, if not faster. I’m a massive SEGA fanboy, but I can’t justify buying their games at full price when they’re available for a discount within mere weeks of release. Happened with Sonic Frontiers, SMTV, Persona 5 Royal, etc.

@Serpenterror

Why should your hypothetical Castlevania collection be a Switch / PC exclusive? If they’re going to port old games, they should bring them to all platforms.

Speaking of exclusives, the current rumour is that a Metal Gear Solid 1 remake is coming exclusively to PS5. If the rumour is true, I’d assume Sony is finding the development.

@JaxxDuffer

Portables not being able to run something semi powerful didn’t stop the launch of the Switch in 2017 and it won’t stop the launch of the Switch 2 soon. Switch is coming up on its 6 year anniversary. How many Nintendo consoles have gone 6+ years without a successor? Not many. The Switch’s time is nearly done.

@RPGreg2600

The waiting list isn’t a guarantee. Hopefully they’ll make more available, but they might not. Even if they do, there’s no guarantee that everyone on the wait list will get to buy a copy.

Consider this scenario. You receive an email at 3AM saying that more copies are available. By the time you’re awake at 8AM, they are already sold out. This scenario is basically what happened with the first batch of copies.

I don’t mean to be too much of a downer. It’s reasonable to be optimistic. But a wait list is far, far from a guaranteed chance to order it.

@Ralizah

I suspect that sales of SquareEnix games are very low on Xbox, probably because most of their games were on GamesPass.

@Levantine

I think people are freaking out for a couple reasons:

1) $75 is above the standard price for a physical Switch game

2). The physical game is a SquareEnix store exclusive, with high shipping and limited quantities.

Overall, if this was readily available at retail stores, I doubt the $75 price would be considered as big of a deal.

@Shoyomon

Digitally, 100%, if you wait for a sale you can get these cheap.

Physically, I expect these to increase in price if they remain a SquareEnix store exclusive and sell out.

@MatthewTaranto

Was thinking the exact same thing. Savoury or salty feels like an obvious choice.

How can they have missed out on salty? There's tons of salty snacks and dishes. People crave salt.

It’s nice to see people excited about Virtua Fighter, but unfortunately the Genesis version is awful. Hopefully the Yakuza games eventually come to Switch. Some of those games have the full arcade version of Virtua Fighter or Virtua Fighter 2 in them.

@Doomcrow

Physical SEGA games seem to go on sale almost immediately these days. Persona 5 Royal, Sonic Frontiers, SMTV, 13 Sentinels and Lost Judgment are all recent examples of this. With that said, these immediate sales seem to be mainly for the physical copies. Since these games are digital-only they may not go on sale as frequently.

@koffing

I doubt fan gamer would make a physical version of these games. These are games that are published / owned by SEGA, not some small indie studio.

It's possible that SEGA will release a physical version of these games if they sell well (see Sonic Mania for a somewhat recent example), but I wouldn't count on it. Alien Isolation and Valkyria Chronicles are examples of some older SEGA titles that have gotten digital-only Switch ports (and have stayed digital only for years).

@calbeau

Persona 3 deserves a full remake. Both FES and P3P have meaningful content that the other lacks. With that said, if I have to choose between one of the existing versions, I'm definitely picking P3P.

@Pointy59

You’re thinking of Alex Kidd

Mario can’t jump on Piranha Plants! That’s basically their whole deal.

@KevinP

What's the lesson to learn if leaving Nintendo leads to immense enjoyment, lol?

@MattT3142 Perhaps, though they’d still need SEGA to make Bayonetta games as it’s SEGA’s IP

@Magician

Almost all of those games are internally-developed by SEGA.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 was made by SEGA.

The Two Point series was made by Two Point Studios which is a SEGA-owned studio.

Total War series and Alien Isolation were made by Creative Assembly which SEGA has owned since 2005.

The only externally developed games on your list are Sonic Mania and Demon Slayer. Which goes back to my original point that SEGA/Atlus are more developers than they are publishers.

@Magician

What are some great SEGA and Atlus published games that aren’t developed by SEGA or Atlus? The only ones that come to mind for me are 13 Sentinels and Persona 5 Strikers. Most SEGA and Atlus games are internally developed.

@ModdedInkling

Splatmatch would still be unique from other shooters. Players would still be reliant on inked ground for mobility, so it would still play very different from death match modes in other shooters.

@Savage_Joe

Yes, I know, but how often do you see Nintendo-owned studios making games for other publishers? The fact that they made a Bandai Namco published game after getting acquired by Nintendo is unusual anyway you slice it:

@Ralizah

Monolith is definitely a part of Nintendo, but they have developed games for other publishers somewhat recently with the Project X Zone series. Granted those games were on a Nintendo console, but it’s still kind of odd to see an internal Nintendo studio develop a Bandai Namco published game.

Pretty crazy how almost 50% of the Persona series is from Persona 5 and its spinoffs.